Former University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium director Wally Chappell is seen outside Hancher on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen

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Wallace Chappell
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The Kronos Quartet returns to Iowa City, as a cornerstone performance of The Englert Theatre's 100th anniversary celebration, Thursday. I have had the privilege to be associated with this ensemble for 24 of their 40 years, as presenter, as commissioner, as board member and, most importantly, as an audience member.

Some of the finest evenings of my life have been spent in the company of Kronos.

Under the leadership of David Harrington, founder and first violin, Kronos has sustained a great esthetic, existing in perpetual challenge to what has gone before. Their record of more than 800 ...